US 12,146,727 B2
Deterrent-device accessory electromagnetic-radiation-based activation
Jeffrey W. Mock, Rochester, NY (US); John A. Kowalczyk, Jr., Fairport, NY (US); and Robert J MacBlane, Farmington, NY (US)
Assigned to Crosman Corporation, Bloomfield, NY (US)
Filed by Crosman Corporation, Bloomfield, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,265.
Application 18/072,265 is a continuation of application No. 17/259,813, granted, now 11,543,210, previously published as PCT/US2019/041655, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,107, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175815 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F41G 1/35 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F41G 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41G 1/35 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); F41G 11/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a mounting portion for removably coupling the electronic device to a housing of a deterrent device such that a sensing space is positioned proximate to at least one of a grip of the deterrent device or an exterior surface of a trigger guard of the deterrent device, the housing of the electronic device being separate from the housing of the deterrent device;
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving sensor data from a sensor system carried by the housing of the electronic device, the sensor system being positioned such that the sensing space extends, from the housing of the electronic device, to a location external to the housing of the electronic device and in a direction toward the grip of the deterrent device;
determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, a presence of an object within at least a portion of the sensing space; and
causing activation of an activatable system responsive to determining the presence of the object.